Bush Knew of Hijacking Threat
In Weeks Ahead of Terror Attacks

By

Jeanne Cummings and

David Cloud Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal

Updated May 16, 2002 8:30 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- President Bush was informed prior to Sept. 11 that terrorists might hijack American airplanes, but White House officials insist the information they received from intelligence agencies lacked enough specificity to prevent the tragic events that day.

The warnings, which were received by the president in the weeks before four planes were commandeered and crashed by Islamic terrorists, was passed on to "appropriate...